Update - new week, people, places and format
First weeks at American University
Key updates
Dorm life is incredible
daily planning is damn effective because I don’t have to bike everywhere
living on one floor with dozens of internationals is insane
I want to come back to DC to live and work here for at least half a year
Life plans are manifesting
TJ Maxx will be the death of my financial wealth
I don’t know why I thought I could be a science girly, but Computer Science is not that fun. It’s easy until it isn’t anymore and I haven’t dealt with numbers in years. We are surviving though, so that’s a win.
→ My part of the dorm room
What I’ve learned
I need to find peace within a place and myself before risking my time and energy with other people. This can take a few days, weeks or a year. Maybe everyone has that, and they just find this peace differently than I do.
It’s fine if people don’t respond to you in the way you expected they would. Just see if the response is worth any further investment of your time.
If you are scared of something, do it anyway. Try to at least show up and then see if you are still as scared as you were before.
Spoiler: You probably won’t be.
Sometimes certain things take so much time to process that they suddenly come up months or even years later. That’s okay. Take time to let that happen.
→ Imagine this campus in the Fall. Cannot wait.
→ Missing my family results in buying Legos for my dad.
→ Maastricht people have to imagine the DC version of Que Pasa.
… Of the Week
Song: Meer from Jeremias. If you aren’t German, I don’t care. Listen to it.
Same goes for Kind from Ivo Martin
Series/Movie: Restart Gilmore Girls, it’s September already.
Challenge: Frat parties
Culture shock: Thought it would be frat parties, turned out to be the load of unnecessary mini assignments that US universities give you
Reminder: Be excited for the fall. Keep on track with your plans for the new academic year (in all kinds of life sectors).
→ My fun deadline list that is actually not fun at all